About Chargaon Village

Chargaon is a small village in Bhanupratappur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 457, made up of 242 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 335.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494670, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chargaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chargaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Bhanupratappur
Pincode	494670
Area (hectares)	335.71 hectares
Population	457
Male Population	242
Female Population	215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chargaon compares

By the 2011 count Chargaon is the 76th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 335.71 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1044.

Getting to Chargaon

Chargaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chargaon as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chargaon from other places

Chargaon lies about 2.0 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 16 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Chargaon
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	2.0 km
Nearest railway station	Keoti	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhanupratappur	16 km
Nearest town	Kānker	28 km

Villages closest to Chargaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhanupratappur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Chargaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Chargaon village had a population of 457. That makes it the 76th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Chargaon village has 242 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chargaon has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1044.

The pincode recorded for Chargaon is 494670. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chargaon covers 335.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chargaon falls under Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chargaon is Keoti, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chargaon.

Chargaon is about 2.0 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chargaon is in Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 2.0 km away. Keoti is about 16 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.